I get your point, and have gotten it for some time.
You think its silly to care about funny named pieces, that are overpriced, unscientific, and hype for pieces that aren't really special to begin with.
In not so many words, I believe you would have us do away with all this and go to a purely scientific approach, naming it per it Latin designation.....hence forth, a Tortusa is a Tortusa is a Tortusa.
Review the thread, nobody ever stated we shouldn't do that. In fact, I believe that should be what normally happens.
Here is where you are missing the point, for those that lineage matters and not only my frustration, but my disapointment.
So lets ignore the money aspect, as those in it for the money are here today and gone tomorrow. The odds of them crashing thier tank and loosing thier "cash crop" are pretty good.
I also mentioned what makes an LE an "LE" is flawed too so lets ignore that as well.
All that is left to lineage.......is what is truely important.
Some of the very things you are using to "prove" your point are the very things that make lineage important to us. I explained I could understand why lineage isn't important to those who have treated this as a individual sport rather than a team sport, only in it for themselves or just plain getting into the hobby.
This hobby has grown to the level it has today because people worked together, shared what worked and what didn't with each other. They traded pieces and were an interconnected family because of this.
I hear a lot of talk of certifications, papers, pedigrees and what not. If you need that, your going about it the wrong way and in it for the wrong reasons.
Does lineage matter to me? Yes!!!
Why?
Before LE's got a bad name, before people needed "proof", "qaruntees", "certifications" there was "faith", "trust", "respect" and "honor".
Lineage is important to me and many other whom I respect, admire, but most of all call my friends because of those things.
A sense of community is something that is hard to find these days, and really isn't something that can be written on a certificate of authenticity.
To "prove" lineage one is to have faith in someone who has the same passion you do and look out for each other.
So everyones talking about the Icefire Echinata, Icefire this Icefire that, gotta get me a piece.
Yeah, I have it........for over a year now and its my favorite piece. Why? Because I waited for two months for the thing and got it from someone whom I respect and call a friend and am proud to have it, Thanks Karl. Many of the pieces I have either came from someone who I know or respect.....but for the most part trust.
This lineage thing goes much farther than garuntees, proof, and absolutes that in doing so misses the mark completly on WHY it is important to us, what it has given to us, connecting us with one another.
I about being apart of something bigger than yourself and being part/connect with the reefing culture and community that is what lineage is all about.
We will fix the flat tire later. You see, my disapointment lies in the fact that you seemed determined to eliminate this. Though no one has stated ALL should be treated this way, you seem to have a vendeta as if some LE coral did you wrong or as a poor reefer starting out, you couldn't afford the "tuity fruity" that you desired so much, because of this you have made it your duty to exterminate all LE's as there is no room in the hobby for such a thing and have vowed that it will never happen to another.
I do hope you realize I am not debating the topic with you and am really only taking the time to write to help you understand WHY it is important to some, nothing more.......
